Government & Civil Service
State-administered notary public and civil-service licensing exams.
Choose your exam family
Families group sibling exams — the tiers of one credential, the split and combined versions of a licence, the per-state variants. Each opens its own page with every exam and its free resources.
- Civil service1 exam60 free questionsFederal and state civil-service assessments — starting with the USPS Virtual Entry Assessments (Postal Exams 474-477).USPS Postal ExamExplore Civil service →
- Corrections1 exam60 free questionsCorrectional officer selection exams — starting with the CDCR written examination.CDCR Officer ExamExplore Corrections →
- Law enforcement entrance1 exam60 free questionsPolice entrance examinations — starting with California's POST Entry-Level Law Enforcement Test Battery (PELLETB).CA POST PELLETBExplore Law enforcement entrance →
- Notary Public exams4 exams350 free questionsState notary public commissioning exams (state law, duties, and prohibited acts).California NotaryNew York NotaryArizona NotaryPennsylvania NotaryExplore Notary Public exams →
- Trinidad & Tobago public service entrance1 exam105 free questionsEntrance examinations for Trinidad & Tobago public service and protective services careers.TT Fire ServiceExplore Trinidad & Tobago public service entrance →
What you'll find on every Government & Civil Service exam
Each exam has up to four pages, one per job to be done: practice the questions, understand the exam, study the outline, or revise the morning of. Flashcards and glossary terms sit inside the study guide rather than on pages of their own.
- Practice tests8
- Free question banks with a worked explanation on every answer.
- Exam guides8
- Cost, format, eligibility and difficulty, straight from the official outline.
- Study guides8
- Full outline coverage, plus the exam's flashcards and glossary terms.
- Cheat sheets8
- One-page summaries built for the last review, with a PDF download.
Frequently asked questions
Most test reading comprehension, writing or grammar, basic math, and role-specific judgment. Clerical, corrections, and law-enforcement exams each add their own sections, and the practice sets here mirror those question types.
Yes — free sample questions with explanations across civil service, corrections, law enforcement entrance tests like the PELLETB, and notary exams. No signup.
Only a few — New York, California, and Arizona among them — require a proctored exam; most states only require an application and oath. Arizona's exam is 45 questions, open book, with 80% required to pass.
Drill the reading and reasoning sections under time pressure first — they decide most scores — then use the role-specific practice sets for procedures and judgment scenarios.
Official sources
Every exam number on this page traces to a document published by the body that sets or administers the exam. These are the primary publishers cited across Government & Civil Service.
- Arizona State Legislatureazleg.govcited by 1 exam
- Trinidad and Tobago Fire Service / Ministry of Homeland Securitynationalsecurity.gov.ttcited by 1 exam
- Arizona Secretary of Stateazsos.govcited by 1 exam
- United States Postal Serviceabout.usps.comcited by 1 exam
- California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST)post.ca.govcited by 1 exam
- California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR)cdcr.ca.govcited by 1 exam
- Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Commissions, Elections and Legislationpa.govcited by 1 exam
- California Secretary of Statesos.ca.govcited by 1 exam
- New York State Legislaturenysenate.govcited by 1 exam
- New York Department of Statedos.ny.govcited by 1 exam
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